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[CITE: 42USC6949]

 
                 TITLE 42--THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE
 
                    CHAPTER 82--SOLID WASTE DISPOSAL
 
           SUBCHAPTER IV--STATE OR REGIONAL SOLID WASTE PLANS
 
Sec. 6949. Rural communities assistance


(a) In general

    The Administrator shall make grants to States to provide assistance 
to municipalities with a population of five thousand or less, or 
counties with a population of ten thousand or less or less than twenty 
persons per square mile and not within a metropolitan area, for solid 
waste management facilities (including equipment) necessary to meet the 
requirements of section 6945 of this title or restrictions on open 
burning or other requirements arising under the Clean Air Act [42 U.S.C. 
7401 et seq.] or the Federal Water Pollution Control Act [33 U.S.C. 1251 
et seq.]. Such assistance shall only be available--
        (1) to any municipality or county which could not feasibly be 
    included in a solid waste management system or facility serving an 
    urbanized, multijurisdictional area because of its distance from 
    such systems;
        (2) where existing or planned solid waste management services or 
    facilities are unavailable or insufficient to comply with the 
    requirements of section 6945 of this title; and
        (3) for systems which are certified by the State to be 
    consistent with any plans or programs established under any State or 
    areawide planning process.

(b) Allotment

    The Administrator shall allot the sums appropriated to carry out 
this section in any fiscal year among the States in accordance with 
regulations promulgated by him on the basis of the average of the ratio 
which the population of rural areas of each State bears to the total 
population of rural areas of all the States, the ratio which the 
population of counties in each State having less than twenty persons per 
square mile bears to the total population of such counties in all the 
States, and the ratio which the population of such low-density counties 
in each State having 33 per centum or more of all families with incomes 
not in excess of 125 per centum of the poverty level bears to the total 
population of such counties in all the States.

(c) Limit

    The amount of any grant under this section shall not exceed 75 per 
centum of the costs of the project. No assistance under this section 
shall be available for the acquisition of land or interests in land.

(d) Authorization of appropriations

    There are authorized to be appropriated $25,000,000 for each of the 
fiscal years 1978 and 1979 to carry out this section. There are 
authorized to be appropriated $10,000,000 for the fiscal year 1980 and 
$15,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 1981 and 1982 to carry out this 
section.

(Pub. L. 89-272, title II, Sec. 4009, as added Pub. L. 94-580, Sec. 2, 
Oct. 21, 1976, 90 Stat. 2819; amended Pub. L. 96-482, Sec. 31(e), Oct. 
21, 1980, 94 Stat. 2353.)

                       References in Text

    The Clean Air Act, referred to in subsec. (a), is act July 14, 1955, 
ch. 360, 69 Stat. 322, as amended, which is classified generally to 
chapter 85 (Sec. 7401 et seq.) of this title. For complete 
classification of this Act to the Code, see Short Title note set out 
under section 7401 of this title and Tables.
    The Federal Water Pollution Control Act, referred to in subsec. (a), 
is act June 30, 1948, ch. 758, as amended generally by Pub. L. 92-500, 
Sec. 2, Oct. 18, 1972, 86 Stat. 816, which is classified generally to 
chapter 26 (Sec. 1251 et seq.) of title 33, Navigation and Navigable 
Waters. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Short 
title note set out under section 1251 of title 33 and Tables.


                               Amendments

    1980--Subsec. (d). Pub. L. 96-482 authorized appropriation of 
$10,000,000, $15,000,000, and $15,000,000 for fiscal years 1980, 1981, 
1982, respectively.

                          Transfer of Functions

    For transfer of certain enforcement functions of Administrator or 
other official of Environmental Protection Agency under this chapter to 
Federal Inspector, Office of Federal Inspector for the Alaska Natural 
Gas Transportation System, and subsequent transfer to Secretary of 
Energy, see note set out under section 6903 of this title.

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in section 6916 of this title.
